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FASTENING FOR PAIL COVERS.

No. 379,797. Patented.Mar.'ZO, 1888.

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NITED TATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. LOOMIS, OF WINONA, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE WESTERNINDURATED FIBRE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR PAIL-COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379.797, dated March20, 1888.

Application filed December 24, 1887. Serial No. 258,934. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. Looms, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of \Vinona, in the county of \Vinona and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFastenings for Pail- Oovers; and I do hereby declare that the followingisa full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which willenable others skilled [o in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of as much of a pail and its cover as will besufficient to illustrate the construction of the preferred form of myfastener. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a slightly-modified form ofthe fastening-strip. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a modified form ofthe ear for the bail. Fig. 4

is a detail view of the preferred form of the strip. Fig. 5 is a similarview of the preferred form of the ear for fastening the bail. Fig. 6

is a perspective view of a modified form of 2 5 fastening; and Fig. 7 isa bottom perspective view of one of the ears, showing one style of therecess in full line and another stylein dotted lines.

The same numerals of reference indicate the same or corresponding partsin all the figures.

My invention has relation to fastenings for the covers or lids of pailsor similar packages,-

and it consists in the improved construction and combination of partsofa fastening, which is especially adapted to be applied to pails madeoi'pulp'or similar material, and which is adapted to be secured to thepail by the ears fastening the bail or handle, as will be more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed 40 out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral strip 10, which may be eitherflat or roundbeing, however, preferably flat-is inserted throughapertures 11 in the upper and lower portions ofthe bulged portion of theear. The strip has its lower end bent straight across when the strip isflat,to form a lip or stop, 12, while its upper end is secured to thelid or cover by nails or tacks driven through it and the cover, bystaples having the strip passed through them and doubled over them, orby any other suitable fastening means.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the apertures in the bulged portion of the car areformed in the edge of the same, being notches or recesses, and thestrip, which in Fig. 1 is shown fiat and in Fig.

2 is shown as a piece of wire, is held in these notches between the earand the side of the pail, having the lip or stop at its lower end,preventing the strip from slipping up through the apertures.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the strip is shown passed through slots in theear, being otherwise secured in the same manner as in the other form.

Whenever a strip is broken or otherwise rendered unfit for use, anotherstrip may easily be inserted after having withdrawn the former strip,and the lower end of the strip being bent to form the stop or lip, thestrip will be held from slipping up through the apertures in thediametrically-opposite edges of the ear.

The strip may be secured by the ear, without having the edges of thelatter notched or recesseihby simply inserting the strip between the earand the side of the pail, as shown in Fig. 6, when the car will clampthe strip between it and the side of the pail and will retain it, thelower end of the strip being bent up, as before stated, holding againstthe lower c edge of the ear.

It will be seen that this fastening may be used for any vessel having ahandle or handles, the handle or handles being secured with their hookedends in the ears which secure the strips, or being formed integral withthe ears or riveted or otherwise secured to the same, so that thefastening may be used for tubs or other vessels having two or morehandles or having only one handle at one side, as well as 100 for pailshaving one handle secured at opposite sides; and any suitable means forsecuring the free upper end of the fastening-strip may be used, such astacks, staples, or any other kind of fastening.

By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the lower edge of thelower recess or notch, which is preferably formed bystriking up themetal at the points for the recesses or notches, is rounded, and theline at which the lip or stop of the strip is bent is straight, causingthe fold at the lip to bear against only one part of the curved edge ofthe notch or recess, and this construction will prevent the edge of therecess from cutting the bent end or lip off from the strip when strainis exerted upon the strip, which would be liable to happen if the edgewere straight or if the lip were bent upon a curved line correspondingto the curve of the edge.

This fastening is especially adapted to vessels or packages made fromwood pulp or other fiber, from any kind of hard compressed or moldedmaterial, or from metal, all of which materials are sufficiently hard torender it difficult, if not impossible, to drive nails or tacks into;and the fastening will also be advantageous for wooden vessels, in whichnails or tacks may easily be driven, as it will save the vessel andprevent its being damaged by driving'the nails or tacks into its sides.

The insertion of the strip and the number and location of the aperturesin the bulged part of the ear may be modified in various ways, and thecar may be provided with various forms of passages for the insertion ofthe strip,without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I 'donot wish to confine myself to the exact construction of the fasteningsshown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to securebyLetters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with a pailhaving ears upon its sides, of fasteningstrips secured thereto, thelowerends of which are bent and engage with the ears of the pail.

2. The combination, with a pail the ears of which are round upon theirlower edges, of fastening-strips secured thereto, the lower ends ofwhich are bent straight across and engage with the lower edges of theears.

3. The combination, with a pail the ears of which are recessed, offasteningstrips secured thereto, the lower ends of which are bent andengage with the recessed portions of theears.

4. The combination, with a pail the ears of which are recessedin theirbulged portions, of fastening-strips passed through said recessedportions and having their lower ends bent and engaging with the loweredges of said recessed portions;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. LOOMIS Witnesses:

JAMES A. TAWNEY, FRANK L. RANDALL.

